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		Woman loses her leg after a magpie attack. Hekyll and Jekyll wanted for questioning (news.com.au)		54
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Barnacles!		2008-11-03 02:10:30 AM

hekyll and jekyll! oh the hilarity!

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dj_bigbird		2008-11-03 02:15:38 AM

Collingwood thugs!

Avertr		2008-11-03 04:11:26 AM

Unavailable for comment.

tjbrown.com

ohmyhead		2008-11-03 05:33:58 AM

When Pets Fight Back

You just know Granny was feeding that bird TV Guides and OraGel instead of proper bird chow.

At least now she'll have an excuse for falling down the stairs.

TheMadDefenestrator		2008-11-03 05:40:00 AM

she probably just had a really shiny leg, magpies decorate their nests with bright objects

no clever name here just move along		2008-11-03 05:43:52 AM

ya know... you can't wait 11 days between being punctured by a feral animal and going to the hospital....

//just saying'is all.....

NicoFinn		2008-11-03 05:51:19 AM

I know what you want. The magpies have come.

Pribar		2008-11-03 05:54:14 AM

This article sheds new light on the earlier one about the dude shooting himself while hunting magpies, he didn't shoot himself, the magpies went proactive on his ass, now they are going after us one by one, game over man game over!

/actually they are only a threat if ya come outta ya basement so FARK is safe.

Devanney		2008-11-03 06:00:03 AM

Busy day for Magpie-related news eh?

mehtoole		2008-11-03 06:00:13 AM

That little pecker.

global wombats		2008-11-03 06:04:27 AM

A Hekyll and Jekyll trifecta in play?

Never-ever in my wildest imaginations could I think I would ever type that.

Skydodger		2008-11-03 06:05:18 AM

Eddie McGuire has so much to answer for...

JesterGirl		2008-11-03 06:07:55 AM

Thieving wee bastard

Hilary T. N. Seuss		2008-11-03 06:19:13 AM

pre-existing circulation problems in the woman, a former smoker, may have contributed to the aggressive course of the infection.

Well then, I've learned a valuable health lesson: Never give up smoking.

/that's what the article was getting at, right?

IAmSofaKingWeToddEd		2008-11-03 06:28:26 AM

no clever name here just move along: ya know... you can't wait 11 days between being punctured by a feral animal and going to the hospital....

//just saying'is all.....

Not feral. Daughter's pet.

/Cook it for dinner as revenge.
//Do iiit...

wrenchboy		2008-11-03 06:29:55 AM

Subby: your age is showing..

RodimusPrime		2008-11-03 06:34:00 AM

Was it Rhys Shaw or Alan Didak?

Mad-n-FL		2008-11-03 06:39:44 AM

Nevermore

Control_this		2008-11-03 06:47:09 AM

Your pets hate you.

mecaenas		2008-11-03 06:47:19 AM

He said infections following pecking injuries were rare.

"Serious infections relating to trauma involving a bird have included septic arthritis of the knee after a chicken bite and a fatal brain abscess in a child caused by a rooster peckp," Dr Wilson wrote.

Wow. Just. Wow.

bikkurikun		2008-11-03 06:52:22 AM

Farking Geordies.

mikaloyd		2008-11-03 06:57:05 AM

Bloody Krauts

Cormee		2008-11-03 07:00:16 AM

Magpies are little bastards. They torment my cat all the farking time.

EVERYBODY PANIC		2008-11-03 07:03:15 AM

OMG! Somebody must contact Sir Paul McCartney.
Romance is but a gimp away.

carniemechanic		2008-11-03 07:06:33 AM

global wombats: A Hekyll and Jekyll trifecta in play?

Never-ever in my wildest imaginations could I think I would ever type that.

Well put. Two threads with magpies in one day; I can't imagine a third.

Whoatherebabie		2008-11-03 07:16:27 AM

mecaenas: He said infections following pecking injuries were rare.

"Serious infections relating to trauma involving a bird have included septic arthritis of the knee after a chicken bite and a fatal brain abscess in a child caused by a rooster peckp," Dr Wilson wrote.

Wow. Just. Wow.

Its Australia..all creatures will have a good go at killing you if they can.
Great Country - Great People - Great Entertainment (new window)

Dear Jerk		2008-11-03 07:29:32 AM

hekyll: Who was that ladle I saw you with last night?
jekyll: That was no ladle. That was my knife!

/stuck in my brain forever.

shadowtec		2008-11-03 07:32:52 AM

Thanks for the Scared Little Weird Guys clip Whoatherebabie

This link is a video of a Magpie Vs a Model Plane (new window)

/you might want to turn your speakers down before clicking on link

geetus		2008-11-03 07:37:48 AM

I'm going to go find a magpie and do something dangerously hilarious to it to complete the trifecta.

GonzoNihilist		2008-11-03 07:40:15 AM

She probably feed it after midnight.

Trashy		2008-11-03 07:42:48 AM

Elmo Jones		2008-11-03 07:46:13 AM

I read that as bagpipe attack.
/I need... something.

mecaenas		2008-11-03 07:47:16 AM

Whoatherebabie: mecaenas: He said infections following pecking injuries were rare.

"Serious infections relating to trauma involving a bird have included septic arthritis of the knee after a chicken bite and a fatal brain abscess in a child caused by a rooster peckp," Dr Wilson wrote.

Wow. Just. Wow.

Its Australia..all creatures will have a good go at killing you if they can.
Great Country - Great People - Great Entertainment (new window)

Erm, I am an Aussie yknow. :p

ChrissMari		2008-11-03 07:47:58 AM

bikkurikun: Farking Geordies.

THIS

/yes yes

Joce678		2008-11-03 07:50:52 AM

It's no joke, those birds are going to take over the world one day.

Watch this TED video if you don't believe me.

Creme de la Crap		2008-11-03 07:53:11 AM

EVERYBODY PANIC: OMG! Somebody must contact Sir Paul McCartney.
Romance is but a gimp away.

Gimpin' ain't easy

SgtArkie		2008-11-03 08:00:07 AM

we need a magpie trifecta going on

TDCJason		2008-11-03 08:11:39 AM

Sounds like Invisible Monsters to me.

Kurmudgeon		2008-11-03 08:18:40 AM

Peck

American Decency Association		2008-11-03 08:44:30 AM

this is from just a couple of weeks ago. i love the little suckers ... their cackling is serene

/stone the crows

onyxruby		2008-11-03 09:34:26 AM

Visited Australia a few times for work, ran into those things more than once. Very distracting when your not aware of the things and all of a sudden something clunks you in the head... I was very confused until I asked a coworker about it, who laughed and told me I just got "swooped by a maggie", he was very amused.

NicoFinn		2008-11-03 10:26:13 AM

Joce678: It's no joke, those birds are going to take over the world one day.

Watch this TED video if you don't believe me.

That guy was hot. Even hotter because he's brilliant.

Squigley		2008-11-03 11:11:05 AM

onyxruby: Visited Australia a few times for work, ran into those things more than once. Very distracting when your not aware of the things and all of a sudden something clunks you in the head... I was very confused until I asked a coworker about it, who laughed and told me I just got "swooped by a maggie", he was very amused.

So who used to have to wear an ice cream container on their head with eyes drawn on the back when they walked to school?

MuToiD_MaN		2008-11-03 11:16:16 AM

Hey, be careful with that reference, it's an antique!

Torchsong		2008-11-03 11:17:50 AM

JesterGirl: Thieving wee bastard

Came for the Marillion reference. Leaving very satisfied.

/Happiness is the Road

Cormee		2008-11-03 11:34:54 AM

NicoFinn: Even hotter because he's brilliant.

No. The crows thought *him* to make the box.

Dhoffman01		2008-11-03 11:37:01 AM

Wanted for questioning:

justanotherfarkinfarker		2008-11-03 12:26:07 PM

Were the Mt. Goats around at the time?

/slightly obscure

xtonyx		2008-11-03 01:51:29 PM

justanotherfarkinfarker: Were the Mt. Goats around at the time?

/slightly obscure

i came here to make a mountain goats reference myself.. hurumph.